Mount Hijiri

Mount Hijiri
聖岳
Mount Hijiri from Mount Yanbushi
Highest point
Elevation	3,013 m (9,885 ft)
Listing	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	35°25′22″N 138°08′23″E
Geography
Mount Hijiri Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Parent range	Akaishi Mountains

Mount Hijiri (聖岳, Hijiri-dake) is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, (Shizuoka Prefecture) and Iida, (Nagano Prefecture) in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is 3,013 m (9,885 ft) high. It is the southernmost mountain in Minami Alps National Park and is included on the list of "100 Famous Japanese Mountains". There are several mountain climbing trails and mountain huts around the mountain including the Hijiri-Daira hut in the mountain pass in the south.

Animals and Alpine plants

A lot of alpine plants and rock ptarmigans are seen in the upper alpine region. Sika deer are seen on the hillside.

See also

• List of mountains in Japan
• Three-thousanders (in Japan)

Gallery

Silene seen around Mount Ko-Hijiri	Primula seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira	Rock ptarmigan and Siberian dwarf pine	Sika deer seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira

Mount Hijiri seen from Mount Minami	Mount Hijiri seen from Hujiri-Daira	Mount Akaishi seen from Mount Hijiri	Mount Oku-Hijiri and Mount Fuji seen from Mount Hijiri